Mathieu Van der Poel Claims Victory in Hoogerheide – Pauwels takes 2014-2015 World Cup Title – Updated – Photos, Full Results

HOOGERHEIDE, Netherlands – Mathieu Van der Poel (BKCP – Powerplus) stole the show in his hometown race, dominating the elite field to win the sixth and final round of the 2014-2015 UCI Cyclocross World Cup.

Tom Meeusen (Telenet Fidea) claimed the holeshot, but it was the 20-year-old Van der Poel who pulled around to find himself with a gap in the first lap. It was earlier than he would have wanted, according to a post-race interview, but with a mid-lap time check showing a nearly 30 second advantage, Van der Poel went all in.

Driving on to extend his lead to 1:18 at its height, even technical mistakes in the latter half of the race, and a dropped chain in the seventh lap weren’t enough for the chasers to close in. In fact many riders had trouble with some of the slick, off-camber corners.

Gianni Vermeersch (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) held second position for much of the race before being caught by teammate Kevin Pauwels and Wout van Aert (Vastgoedservice-Golden Palace).

Breaking out in the sixth lap, van Aert emerged from the trio to claim second place, finishing 1:04 down, with Vermeersch crossing in 1:21, a second ahead of teammate Pauwels. With the World Cup title secure, Pauwels seemed happy to concede the podium finish to an elated Vermeersch.

With a risky early move, the tides could have easily turned as a chase group of five formed behind Vermeersch including Sven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink), Francis Mourey (FDJ), Lars Van der Haar (Team Giant-Alpecin), van Aert and Pauwels.

Van der Haar tried to put a dig in on the third lap, but mistakes on the tricky course prevented him from gaining ground. Van Aert was the next to make a break from the chase, but by the end of lap five the group was back together.

A fall by Pauwels allowed Van der Haar once again to gain an advantage, but once he was reeled in it was Van Aert’s move at the end of lap six that eventually broke the rubber band.

Despite appearing to fatigue somewhat, Van der Poel maintined his lead while Van Aert and then Pauwels bridged to Vermeersch. One more attack by Van Aert secured his second place finish, while the Sunweb-Napoleon Games teammates worked together to finish strong, staying away for Van der Haar who was desperately trying to bridge the gap.

Finishing in sixth place, Nys appeared to be coming back to form after a down period, but with the World Championships only one week away Nys’ job won’t be easy.

Building up to next week’s event, U.S. National Champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) had a strong finish, placing 13th. Even more importantly, Powers’ consistency of finishing at the top third of most World Cup races allowed him to finish ninth in the overall World Cup standings. Americans Jonathan Page (ExceLED/Fuji) and Stephen Hyde (JAM Fund/NCC) finished 31st and 37th respectively. Zach McDonald (Cyclocross Project 2015) rounded out the American contingent in 50th.

Ian Field, the only rider for Great Britain in the Men’s Elite Race, finished between Page and Hyde in 33rd. Aaron Schooler was the leading Canadian, taking 55th place, while Michael Garrigan finished at 58th and Mark “Hotsauce” McConnell was 62nd.

Also available: the 2015 UCI World Cup at Hoogerheide, Elite Women’s Race report and the U23 Race Report.

2015 UCI World Cup #6, Hoogerheide – Elite Men’s Results:

Rank	Name	Nat.	Age*	Result
1	Mathieu VAN DER POEL	NED	20	1:08:38
2	Wout VAN AERT	BEL	21	1:09:42
3	Gianni VERMEERSCH	BEL	23	1:09:59
4	Kevin PAUWELS	BEL	31	1:10:00
5	Lars VAN DER HAAR	NED	24	1:10:15
6	Sven NYS	BEL	39	1:10:34
7	Francis MOUREY	FRA	35	1:10:56
8	Tim MERLIER	BEL	23	1:11:30
9	Jens ADAMS	BEL	23	1:11:35
10	Fabien CANAL	FRA	26	1:11:42
11	Julien TARAMARCAZ	SUI	28	1:11:43
12	David MENUT	FRA	23	1:12:04
13	Jeremy POWERS	USA	32	1:12:12
14	Philipp WALSLEBEN	GER	28	1:12:19
15	Marco Aurelio FONTANA	ITA	31	1:12:20
16	Twan VAN DEN BRAND	NED	26	1:12:28
17	Marcel MEISEN	GER	26	1:12:36
18	Tom MEEUSEN	BEL	27	1:12:45
19	Radomir SIMUNEK	CZE	32	1:12:52
20	Gert-Jan BOSMAN	NED	23	1:12:52
21	Niels WUBBEN	NED	27	1:12:53
22	Bart WELLENS	BEL	37	1:12:57
23	Michael BOROS	CZE	23	1:13:08
24	Jim AERNOUTS	BEL	26	1:13:19
25	Tomas PAPRSTKA	CZE	23	1:13:33
26	Thijs VAN AMERONGEN	NED	29	1:13:46
27	Corne VAN KESSEL	NED	24	1:13:54
28	David VAN DER POEL	NED	23	1:13:55
29	Luca BRAIDOT	ITA	24	1:14:36
30	Sascha WEBER	GER	27	1:15:51
31	Jonathan PAGE	USA	39
32	Arnaud GRAND	SUI	25
33	Ian FIELD	GBR	29
34	Javier RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ	ESP	36
35	Marcel WILDHABER	SUI	30
36	Aitor HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ	ESP	33
37	Stephen HYDE	USA	28
38	Ole QUAST	GER	26
39	ClŽment LHOTELLERIE	FRA	29
40	Mariusz GIL	POL	32
41	James DRISCOLL	USA	29
42	Yoann CORBIHAN	FRA	27
43	Martin HARING	SVK	29
44	Alois FALENTA	FRA	26
45	Lubomir PETRUS	CZE	25
46	Andreas MOSER	SUI	31
47	Bryan FALASCHI	ITA	24
48	Severin SAEGESSER	SUI	23
49	Matej LASAK	CZE	23
50	Zach MCDONALD	USA	24
51	Nicolas SAMPARISI	ITA	23
52	Marco PONTA	ITA	28
53	Inigo GOMEZ ELORRIAGA	ESP	24
54	Joachim PARBO	DEN	41
55	Aaron SCHOOLER	CAN	30
56	Vladimir KYZIVAT	CZE	33
57	Vaclav METLICKA	SVK	42
58	Mike GARRIGAN	CAN	34
59	Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO	JPN	33
60	Joseba LEON GUTIERREZ	ESP	38
61	Garry MILLBURN	AUS	28
62	Mark MCCONNELL	CAN	27
63	Paul REDENBACH	AUS	37
64	Yu TAKENOUCHI	JPN	27
65	Mario MATIJEVIC	CRO	43

2014-2015 UCI World Cup Final Standings– Elite Men:

Rank	Name	Nation	Team	Points
1	PAUWELS Kevin	BEL	SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM	430
2	VAN DER HAAR Lars	NED	TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN	345
3	VAN KESSEL Corne	NED	TELENET - FIDEA CYCLING TEAM	307
4	WALSLEBEN Philipp	GER	BKCP-POWERPLUS	306
5	MEEUSEN Tom	BEL	TELENET - FIDEA CYCLING TEAM	290
6	ADAMS Jens	BEL		256
7	VERMEERSCH Gianni	BEL	SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM	255
8	MOUREY Francis	FRA	FDJ	212
9	POWERS Jeremy	USA		210
10	TARAMARCAZ Julien	SUI	CORENDON-KWADRO	209
11	WELLENS Bart	BEL	TELENET - FIDEA CYCLING TEAM	209
12	CANAL Fabien	FRA	ARMEE DE TERRE E-SPORTSANTE	206
13	PEETERS Rob	BEL		201
14	MERLIER Tim	BEL	SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM	194
15	WEBER Sascha	GER		191
16	AERNOUTS Jim	BEL	SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM	191
17	VANTORNOUT Klaas	BEL	SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM	185
18	VAN DER POEL David	NED	BKCP-POWERPLUS	179
19	MEISEN Marcel	GER	CORENDON-KWADRO	179
20	WUBBEN Niels	NED	TELENET - FIDEA CYCLING TEAM	177
21	BOROS Michael	CZE		170
22	AERNOUTS Bart	BEL	CORENDON-KWADRO	169
23	VAN AMERONGEN Thijs	NED	TELENET - FIDEA CYCLING TEAM	154
24	VAN AERT Wout	BEL		150
25	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	NED	BKCP-POWERPLUS	145
26	RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier	ESP		136
27	WILDHABER Marcel	SUI		135
28	NYS Sven	BEL		132
29	VAN DEN BRAND Twan	NED	CYCLINGTEAM JO PIELS	130
30	PAGE Jonathan	USA		126
31	FIELD Ian	GBR		124
32	PAPRSTKA Tomas	CZE		119
33	GIL Mariusz	POL		110
34	ZAHNER Simon	SUI		102
35	SIMUNEK Radomir	CZE	CORENDON-KWADRO	84
36	BOSMAN Gert-Jan	NED	CYCLINGTEAM JO PIELS	83
37	PETRUS Lubomir	CZE	BKCP-POWERPLUS	83
38	SWEECK Laurens	BEL	CORENDON-KWADRO	78
39	AERTS Toon	BEL	TELENET - FIDEA CYCLING TEAM	71
40	GRAND Arnaud	SUI		65
41	LHOTELLERIE Clement	FRA		63
42	HANSEN Kenneth	DEN		62
43	BETALU Josep	ESP		56
44	MOSER Andreas	SUI		53
45	QUAST Ole	GER		52
46	BINA Martin	CZE	CORENDON-KWADRO	44
47	HARING Martin	SVK	CK BANSKA BYSTRICA	43
48	MENUT David	FRA	AUBER 93	39
49	SAEGESSER Severin	SUI		38
50	FONTANA Marco Aurelio	ITA		36
51	HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ Aitor	ESP		36
52	WINTERBERG Lukas	SUI		36
53	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	BEL	SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM	33
54	FRANZOI Enrico	ITA		31
55	FALASCHI Bryan	ITA		30
56	DASSONVILLE Flavien	FRA	AUBER 93	30
57	VAN IJZENDOORN Eddy	NED		29
58	SKALA Jakub	CZE		28
59	TAKENOUCHI Yu	JPN	VERANCLASSIC - EKOI	28
60	KYZIVAT Vladimir	CZE		26
61	VAN LEEUWEN Patrick	NED	CYCLINGTEAM JO PIELS	25
62	BIANCO Marco	ITA		23
63	BRAIDOT Luca	ITA		22
64	FALENTA Alois	FRA		21
65	CLARKSON Jack	GBR		19
66	RULLIERE Melvin	FRA	VERANCLASSIC - EKOI	19
67	LASAK Matej	CZE		19
68	DURRIN Jeremy	USA		15
69	HYDE Stephen	USA		14
70	JAMES Steven	GBR		13
71	BARBA FRUTOS Ismael Felix	ESP		11
72	SUMNER Ben	GBR		11
73	BERDEN Ben	BEL		11
74	SCHOOLER Aaron	CAN		11
75	DRISCOLL James	USA		10
76	GUJAN Martin	SUI		10
77	NAVARRO VIDAL Agustin	ESP		10
78	PARBO Joachim	DEN		10
79	CORBIHAN Yoann	FRA		9
80	PATON Alex	GBR		9
81	SAGUES PORTABELLA Ramon	ESP		9
82	CRAWFORTH Jody	GBR		8
83	MARION Robert	USA		7
84	SCHWEIZER Michael (JR)	GER		7
85	BAUSCH Gusty	LUX		7
86	EDMOND Angus	NZL		7
87	ARREGUI DOMINGUEZ Asier	ESP		6
88	BARNES Nicholas	GBR		6
89	MAYER Yannick	GER	BIKE AID	5
90	WILDHABER Michael	SUI		5
91	SILVESTRI Elia	ITA		5
92	RAVENSCROFT Jack	GBR		4
93	DRUMM Felix	GER		4
94	MONTGOMERY David	IRL		3
95	MCCONNELL Mark	CAN		3
96	KINNING Glen	IRL		2
97	MCDONALD Zach	USA		1
98	THEOBALD Ulrich	GER		1
99	JETTE Cameron	CAN		1